According to him, “I condemn without reservations this barbaric attack on a person and on the freedom of expression in our country,” he said in a televised statement.

He added that, “everyone knows Ms Caruana Galizia was a harsh critic of mine, both politically and personally, as she was for others too. There could be no justification… in any way for such action. I will not rest before justice is done.”

At this moment no group or individual has come forward to claim responsibility for the murder.
She was even recently described by the Politico website as a “one-woman WikiLeaks”.